Christmas 2004

Christmas in 2004 - Virginia Beach

Christmas '04 & Darla's Hair

Our apartment in Virginia Beach

Our new tv!

Our Christmas tree in 2004

Our new-to-us table & chairs

Haircut!

Virginia Beach Apt

Our apartment, Catina Arch, Virginia Beach, VA. It was tiny - only 500sq ft including the patio. The rent was $695 per month, not including water or electric. We painted two accent walls to match the blue and green dishes we asked for/received as wedding gifts.

Living room wall

Dining room wall

Airshow

First Trip to AB

Our first trip to Alberta. My family had moved there in the fall of 2003, and our first visit was in May/June of 2004.

Maryn & Jillaine

Maryn

Lehman

Kaden

Logan

Brent

Davis

Jared

Comparing their heights to Jared's...Jay still lived in ON (with Lauryn), and he came to visit when we did.

Jillaine

The whole family, missing Lauryn (she had just been there for Christmas)

Mom & Dad

Darla & Brian

Family shot

Brian & a cowboy hat

Dad, Brent & Jared

Alberta in 2004

Soccer in AB
Decorating an Easter Bunny Hutch Gingerbread House
Jared arriving in AB
Kaden & Brian's Birthday celebration
Jillaine's 8 year old birthday celebration
Playing the Chocolate Dice Game
Lehman riding his bike

Packing up NY

In May of 2004, we packed up our home 28 Alpine Knoll, Fairport, New York, and headed to Virginia Beach, VA after a vacation to Alberta in late May/June. We came back for our things in July, once we found housing in Virginia.

Brian is 25

Brian, being silly on his 25th birthday.

Spring 2004

Spring 2004
beginning - playmobil set up in Fairport
00:52 - Sawyer's birthday party
3:33 - Brian wearing the goofiest clothes he can find
3:36 - New York City trip
7:45 - Sexsmith, Alberta trip - & Dunvegan Mountain

Random & Vehicle

Some pictures my younger siblings mailed to me, displayed on our fridge in NY.

We used to have TONS of fun hosting our friends from Ontario for the weekend

Brian bought this car from someone in Fairport in May of 2003, when the car he bought from his sister Lauren, a very old Corolla, died. On April 24, 2004, we got into an accident on the way home from work. We only had one vehicle. It was a not at fault accident - we hit a snowplow truck, but it was his fault:-) In any case, the car was totaled. I we both really loved that car.

toyota celica. I always wanted one, and then I had one, and then it was gone!

We paid $2000 for this Jetta, private sale. Biggest mistake ever. We owned it for 2 weeks, and it broke down every single day we had it. We gave it away to a young kid we knew who was going to try and fix it.

So, we bought this 2000 Honda Accord - our very first car loan! It cost $10,000, but we had used most of our money for the other car, so we got a loan for the balance. We bought this one from a dealership, Adrenaline Autohaus. They sold very pricey Porsches etc, and this car was traded in, and not something they wanted on their lot. So we really got an excellent deal, it was worth more than we paid for it. This car NEVER broke down one single time, from the day we bought it, to the day we sold it in 2012. We adored this car.

Easter 2004

I can't remember the exact date of Easter in 2004, but Brian's family came up from Albany to celebrate with us!

Fairport NY Apt

Brian secured this rental, it was about 700 sq ft, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Fairport New York, in January of 2003. He started working for Promark Electronics in Honeoye Falls at that point, and this is where I moved to when we married in June '03. The rent was I believe $595 per month, and Fairport is "off the grid" harnessing their own power from the Erie Canal or something like that. So our electric bill was VERY cheap every month. I believe the biggest bill we got, running a/c all the time was $7.something. Never over $8 a month? Yes please! We LOVED the location (on the canal) of our little home in Fairport.